portmap(NADM)                   19 June 1992                   portmap(NADM)


 Name

    portmap - DARPA port to RPC program number mapper

 Syntax

    /etc/portmap [ -dv ]

 Description

    portmap is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol
    port numbers.  It must be running in order to make RPC calls.

    When an RPC server is started, it will tell portmap what port number it
    is listening to and what RPC program numbers it is prepared to serve.
    When a client wishes to make an RPC call to a given program number, it
    will first contact portmap on the server machine to determine the port
    number where RPC packets should be sent.

 Options


    -d   Run portmap in debugging mode.

    -v   Display portmap information verbosely.

 See also

    rpcinfo(NADM)

 Bugs

    If portmap crashes, all servers must be restarted.